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Looking Back at Mariska Hargitay’s Mom Jayne Mansfield’s Untimely Death

Mariska Hargitay opens up about her late mom Jayne Mansfield's untimely death and explores her life in her documentary 'My Mom Jayne'

The Law & Order: SVU star is the daughter of late actress Jayne Mansfield, who died in a tragic June 1967 car crash that left Hargitay with severe injuries at age 3. Her Broadway debut came in 1955 as Rita Marlowe in Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, and Mansfield reprised the role for the 1957 film adaptation. Mansfield was traveling from Biloxi, Mississippi, to New Orleans with her attorney and partner Sam Brody and their 19-year-old driver.

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